as in vagueness
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Noun
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The nascent anti-smartphones movement in America is decidedly nonpartisan, for the most part, and this contributes to its potential and also to the vagueness of its outlines.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2025 -
Meanwhile, its ostensibly heartwarming elements are undone by their vagueness.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Despite the murkiness of the water, Chris jumped in to swim.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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That’s the murkiness that makes any grand statement about the previous 17 games difficult.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As usual, Coon thrives in ambiguity, layering a seemingly straightforward woman with depth.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Participants also took a personality assessment called the High Potential Trait Indicator (HTPI), which measures six traits including competitiveness and tolerance of ambiguity.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 8,
Futurism,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But the film's profundity lies in its understanding that the thief, like so much of postwar Italy’s working class, is in the same boat as Antonio.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Dec. 2025
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Then again, this mood piece of monumental profundity and grace does the exact same thing for its viewers.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Why were they drawn into this particular darkness?—
Rebecca Hannigan,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The resident explained how citizens have been waiting for the cover of darkness to take to the streets in Iran’s larger cities.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Shadowiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowiness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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